[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Mughal Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920) › c17.s3.4 # Mughal Administration c17.s3.4 Mughal Administration c17.s3.4 - **Language:** English ### [c17.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s3.4) A huge mass of Sufi literature in the Persian language was produced by the Hindus. Though of the poorest literary quality, it shows the wide prevalence of this faith among our people, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries, probably as a refuge from the political disorder and economic decay attending the decline of the Mughal empire. These popular religions and Sufi philosophy tended to bring the ruling sect and the dominated people closer together. - [Previous: c17.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s3.3) - [Next: c17.s4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s4.1) - [Up: c17.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sarkar-1920.c17.s3.4) · Pramāṇa